Gatis Eglitis is a co-founder and Executive Director of EXANTE broker, a Cyprus-registered global investment broker.
Education and early career
Gatis Eglitis was born and grew up in Latvia. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in International Economic Relations and a Master of Science degree in Finance from the University of Latvia. To advance his professional business knowledge, he also obtained a second MSc in Finance and Strategic Management from Copenhagen Business School.
Prior to EXANTE, Eglitis had been an institutional business sales manager at Saxo Bank, the Danish investment bank that specialises in online trading and investment. At Saxo, he worked in institutional sales, relationship management, and business development – three areas which proved to be very helpful in the founding of EXANTE.
The founding of EXANTE
Gatis Eglitis, alongside Anatoliy Knyazev and Alexey Kirienko, founded EXANTE broker in 2011 in Malta. EXANTE is a global investment company that provides direct access to financial markets through client-centric trading and investment solutions. It was founded on the mission towards making investment service products as accessible and fluid as information is in the twenty-first century. The founders saw technology to improve global connectivity, and they built a platform to centralise access to hundreds of thousands of financial instruments to stream real-time market data to investors.
At the time of its founding, EXANTE was the only provider of global access for Maltese-based investors, and the company was open to serving a wide variety of clients. This included local, international, and long-only equity investors. Eglitis became a member of the investment and executive committee of the head office in Malta, and after five years on the job, he took over as Managing Partner. He then became responsible for the company’s business development and strategic planning.
Eglitis envisioned EXANTE as a one-stop-shop for traders of all expertise and experience levels, and he wanted the modern broker to be able to meet the needs of large hedge funds as well. To achieve this, he believed that EXANTE must have competitive prices for services, accessibility of leverage, and access to exotic tools that can offer optimal and personalised trading experiences.
Eglitis also positioned the broker to meet the needs of novice traders. In his own words, he expressed that, ‘everyone is welcome, and prices are the same for everyone, regardless of whether they are high or low volume traders’. This meant providing the maximum range of services and instruments for everyone and providing a high level of transparency in the broker’s pricing and business models, which EXANTE has pioneered.
EXANTE today
Under the leadership and direction of Gatis Eglitis and co-founders Anatoliy Knyazev and Alexey Kirienko, EXANTE has developed into a globally regulated broker with locations around the world. The investment company is authorised and regulated by the CySEC in Cyprus, the MFSA in Malta, the FCA in the United Kingdom, and the SFC in Hong Kong.
With sophisticated technology, EXANTE provides access to over 600,000 financial instruments across 50 markets in the US, Europe, Asia, and beyond – from one single multi-currency account. This large selection of instruments has allowed its investors to diversify their portfolios easily and efficiently.
The EXANTE trading platform, launched by the broker, has also been able to break ground. With a network of 1,100 servers across the world to ensure the lowest latencies and safe data transfers, EXANTE’s clients can trade the broker’s entire product offering in global markets from one account. The broker offers a demo account for those looking to hone their skills and test out new strategies.
As of 2023, EXANTE has won multiple industry awards for its innovation, great user experience, and sophisticated trade execution functionalities. These include being named the Best Trading and Investment Solution Provider in the UK by the Gazet International Magazine, being on the shortlist of the FTAdviser Diversity in Finance Awards for multiple years and receiving an Investment Award for its Seamless Trading Experience at the Broker Awards 2020.
Other activities
Aside from being the founder of EXANTE, Gatis Eglitis is also involved in numerous panel discussions in the financial and digital technology sphere. At the same time, he is a committed advocate of eco-friendly and sustainable innovations and lifestyles. The EXANTE team has planted over 250 trees and draws its clients to donate funds to create a garden at the Anthony Mamo Oncology Center in Malta, an organisation with which Eglitis is involved in many eco-projects.
